OK, here's the first chapter of this new Phoenix Wright fanfic I had planned. I hope you enjoy it. Just so you know, the story be written in different points of view similar to the games (Phoenix, Apollo or Athena). So with that out-of-the-way, enjoy.

Battlefield Turnabout Part 1

At a mansion, a feminine figure stood over the now dead body of a man with a NAVY t-shirt and a pair of jeans, who was against the wall with a bloodied head on his head, a now broken navy ship model on the ground, which was the very thing to end his life.

"…Crap…" the figure said, now nervous. "This shouldn't have happened like this…what do I-wait, that's it." The figure just smirked at this. "Sorry Wally but this battle you won't win." She then threw something aside before heading out, leaving the body behind her.

January 12th, 11:03. Courtroom No. 7. Defendant Lobby

(Phoenix Wright's point of view)

Sitting in the middle of the Defense Lobby No. 7, I was adjusting my blue suit in front of a mirror, making sure the spikes that make up my hair are straight and that my attorney badge is gleaming. My agency's new client's employer was the subject of blunt force trauma from what I read in the autopsy given to me by the police when I was investigating.

Did I mention that this man was a War Veteran and if I don't find a way to have her found innocent, she's likely to go on Death Row? Yeah…just another day for me…

Anyway…I'm Phoenix Wright, a lawyer at the Wright Anything Agency in Los Angeles. I had a lot of experience with these kinds of cases and I've always been able to win them despite the odds.

I then hear someone come up as I turn and saw a young woman with short brown hair and a cute blue magician costume with diamonds on the pointed skirt and cape with a diamond brooch with a light blue top hat. This is my daughter, Trucy Wright.

"Hey Daddy, think you'll be OK?" she asked with concern, as I chuckle and give her a small hug as she hugged me back.

"I'll be alright, Truce. You know me, I'm used to these kinds of odds." I tell my daughter, smiling down at her as she smiled back.

"So when is this new assistant showing up?" Trucy asked, looking up at me as I chuckled. I told her I hired someone for the agency, but I didn't tell her who yet.

"Don't worry, Truce. You'll see." I told her as I heard something as I saw two young adults with an older woman.

The male of the three had short brown hair with two spikes on it, dark brown eyes, a red vest over a short-sleeved white shirt, a blue tie, a pair of black pants and black dress shoes with a golden-yellow bracelet around his wrist. Next to him was a young woman with long red hair tied in a side ponytail, dark blue eyes, a yellow crescent moon earring on her right ear, an opened yellow jacket over a white button up shirt, a yellow skirt with black stockings, a pair of white boots and what looked like a small robot head around her neck. These two are Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes, my students and proteges in the law firm.

"So, you ready Mr. Wright?" Apollo asked with a smirk on his face, crossing his arms as I nod. He's actually Trucy's half-brother from their birth mother, but they don't know it…I'm waiting until their mother tells them. But with that, they can see small details that most would miss when someone speaks.

"Yep." I said with a smile…though to be honest, I was nervous as hell…

"You sound kind of nervous, boss." Athena said, her hands on her hips as I chuckle. You see, she can read emotions by the way people speak, so her hearing is really powerful. Plus with Widget, her personal robotic assistant around her neck, can show what we need to know about how someone feels.

"Excusez-moi, Monsieur Wright." Said the third woman as she walked up. She was quite attractive, if a bit older than I was, with short brown hair, dark green eyes and wore a simple gray button up dress with a white apron on her chest and a feather duster in hand.

"Uh…hello, Miss Dustin-" Before I could finish my sentence, she began to use the duster on me, making me cough a bit since the feathers was near my face.

"You're suit is quite dusty, monsieur. Don't mind me." She said as she finished up, smiling at this. This woman is Marie Dustins, the victim's maid and a immigrant from France. The victim hired her to help keep his home clean while he was gone on business with his family.

"Je suis tellement heureuse! Je vous remercie de m'avoir aidé." she said with a gleeful look on her face, as I look nervously at Athena, since she was the only one to understand what she was saying half the time.

"Oui, nous sommes heureux de vous aider, Mlle Dustin." Athena said with a smile, as the two girls laughed a bit. I look towards Apollo and Trucy, hoping for some help, but the two just shrugged out of confusion.

"Hey Miss Dustin, someone wants to say good luck." Trucy said as she put her hand on her hip, as suddenly out of nowhere, a giant wooden puppet popped out of behind her cape and snatched her top hat out of the top of her head.

"Oh, Monsieur Hat." She said with a gleeful look as Trucy started to put on a show for her. I just chuckle a bit as I hear my phone ringing.

"Wright here." I said into it, waiting for an answer.

"Hey Nick, you at the court-house? Man, how come I'm completely lost?" a woman's voice on the other end of it said, as I just chuckle.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make it. I really missed ya, you know that?" I said, as Athena looked at me with a confused look but I put a hand up, letting her know I'll talk to her later.

"Back at you, Nick. I'm hoping I'll be a lot of help." Said the woman as I chuckle.

"When weren't you help. You made sure to get to the office to get a copy of my notes, right?" I asked, as I chuckled at the show Trucy was doing with our client, but was stopping her from trying to clean her precious puppet.

"I did. And your handwriting is as sloppy as ever. OK, I'll be there soon. Keep a seat open for me at the Defense Bench. See you there." I nod as I hang up.

"SO…who was that, Mr. Wright?" Athena asked, a hint of teasing in her tone as I give her a flat look.

"A friend, Miss Cykes." I tell her in a stern tone as she giggled.

"SURE she is…" She said with a teasing grin, as I give her a confused look.

"How did you know it was a girl on the phone?" I asked her as she chuckled, before I realized it. "You heard the voice, didn't you?"

"Yep. But anyway…who are we up against?" asked Athena, curious.

"Mr. Wright, Mr. Justice, Miss Cykes. The Trial is about to start." The Bailiff said as I nod.

"Gotcha. Thanks. Come on, Team, let's go. Don't worry Miss Dustins, Trucy will take care of you until you're asked to come up. Alright?" I explained as she nods as the three of us went into the courtroom.

January 12th, 11:30, Courtroom No. 7

The room itself was a simple enough place, with a familiar older, balding man with a thick beard and a black robe.

He banged his gavel as he says, "The Trial of Miss Maria Dustins may now begin."

"Defense is Ready, your honor." I said as I heard a light-hearted chuckle as Apollo cringed as he saw someone walk up to the Prosecution side of the room. Across from us was a tanned young man with blue eyes, platinum blonde hair with a long bang on the side, a dark lavender jacket over a black shirt, a chain necklace with a stylized silver 'G' on it, a chain belt on his black pants and a pair of boots.

"Ready to Rock, Herr Judge." Said the man with a smile, a hint of German in his mostly light-hearted tone. He then saw us and smiled. "Ah, Herr Wright, Herr Forehead and Fräulein Cykes. It's good to see you again."

"It's good to see you as well, Prosecutor Gavin." I said with a nod while Apollo cringes at the nickname.

"At least it isn't that creep of a Prosecutor, Payne…" Cykes said to me, as I nod in agreement.

"Herr Gaspen is on leave for awhile…Herr Edgeworth wasn't exactly happy with is behavior in court. And Winston is on vacation. So I allowed myself some free time…even if it is a chance to go against the famous Phoenix Wright again…in a more honorable way, of course." Klavier explained as I smiled at him, nodding in agreement.

"alright…shall we activate the new MASON system?" the Judge asked Klavier Gavin, who nods. He then pressed a button as a large device began to descend, creating multiple arms that revealed many things. I press a button on my side as he did the same, which created images of the sight of the crime for those in the audience.

Eight people on each side of the court room, four on my side and four on the other sat down and got out what looked like Laptops with MASON programs came up at this.

"The Jury is ready, your honor." Said one of the Jurists as he nods.

"You may begin now." Said the Judge as he looked at Klavier.

"Ja, Herr Judge." Said Klavier as he got up and brought up a picture of the victim: A middle-aged man with a buzz cut, dark brown eyes and a navy jacket around his shoulders. "The victim, Sergeant Wally Shaw, was found dead in his home on January 11th, at around 4 PM. The cause of death was a blow to the head from his own naval model." He then added in the Autopsy report, which the three of us read over, along with a picture of the crime scene.

"…A naval model?" the Judge asked, now curious.

"Ja. A model ship he had on a shelf in his room." Said Klavier as he showed a picture of said item: A bloodied object that looked like it had broken to pieces upon hitting the ground, with the bottom of it covered with some blood.

"That is a large model…I thought model ships were small and made of wood." The Judge said, as Klavier only chuckled.

"…He's thinking those ships in the bottle, isn't he?" Athena asked with an exasperated tone, as I just sigh a bit

"I guess so…" I sighed as I added the information about the ship into the Court Record, a folder of information I keep with me.

"On it, we had found the fingerprints of the defendant, Fräulein Dustins." Klavier explained, showing the fingerprint data they had found on it.

"Well, that makes things more bad for us…" Apollo said with a nervous look, as I nod in agreement.

"Anything else?" I asked, curious.

"Nein, not yet. Anything else is from clutter on the ground, and we weren't sure that was evidence." Klavier explained. "But I kept it anyway." He then shows said clutter: what looked like a broken piece of china and a few assorted military-themed items.

"He seemed to be very proud of the Navy." The Judge said, seeing all of this as Klavier nods.

"Ja. He was very proud soldier in that fraction of the military. Sadly he was discharged due to an old leg injury he gained onboard the ship." Klavier said with a shake of the head. "Makes it even worse that a young woman like her could end him like this…if she did it that is."

The audience began to whisper as the Jurists began to talk to each other about the case. "Well, he sure knows how to work the crowd," said Athena as I nod in agreement, looking towards the back for any sign of the person I was waiting for.

"Who is your first witness?" asked the Judge, curious.

"Prosecution calls the Defendant, Marie Dustins, to the Stand. I am curious of her relationship with the victim." Klavier said as the judge nods as the woman walked up, dusting the witness stand. "Name and Occupation, Fräulein."

"Marie Dustins, I am a cleaning woman whom Sergeant Shaw empoyed, Monsieur Gavin." Marie said with a nod.

"Mind telling us about your relationship with the victim?" Klavier asked, as she nods.

Witness Testimony: The relationship between the two of us

"Sergeant Shaw hired me a week after I arrived in America. He was a very kind man and a good father. He and I got along quite well, so I do not have any reason to kill him, so why would you suspect me?"

Klavier nods as he says "So…you stand that you have no motive, ja?" The woman nods as he says "Alright…"

"You may start your cross-examination, Mr. Wright." The Judge said as I nod as I looked over the testimony, but one thing got me curious…

"HOLD IT!" I yell, as I look at the woman in question. "How come you he asked you to become a maid a week after you arrived in America?"

"Well…I met Sergeant Shaw once in France when I was still living there, so we know each other quite well before this event. We were quite good friends, so when I worked with him, it was really enjoyable." Marie said, as I looked over some information about the two.

"Hmm…wait, when was he in France?" I asked, curious now.

"10 years ago, he went to France with his friends in the Navy. He and I became…friends when that happened." Marie explained, as I saw Apollo looking at her calmly.

"Hmm…think you could add that to your testimony?" asked Athena, as if hearing something.

"Of course." Said Marie as she says "Sergeant Shaw and I became friends 10 years ago while he was in France with the navy."

"Athena, you hearings something?" I asked as she nods. "Alright…Your Honor, May I ask Miss Cykes to activate her Mood Matrix?"

"Of course." The Judge said as he looked at Klavier, who just gave a casual shrug in response as Athena hooked up Widget and pressed a button on it, causing a screen to appear. She put on a three-fingered glove that covered her pointer and middle finger along with her thumb.

She then pressed the button as I watched the Mood matrix activate by turning on the loading screen. I began to look through what is in the recording and noticed something with the added bit of testimony…the green marker was going off as expected, but the red marker was going off as well.

"GOT IT!" I said as I looked at Miss Dustins. "So, you were happy as a friend to Mr. Shaw, yes?"

"Of course I was. Why?" asked Marie as I sighed, as if contemplating on telling her or not…I took a breath and looked at her calmly.

Then I said "But according to the Mood Matrix, you're tone showed some anger…why is that?"

"Uh…I don't have any anger towards him…I guess I was, as you say…mad at our relationship I guess…" she sighed, rubbing her wrist at this, which is then I noticed she wore a silver bracelet.

"Your Relationship?" Athena asked, looking at her suspiciously. "What about it?"

"Wait…you liked him more than a friend, didn't you?" I asked her, as she gave a solemn nod.

"…Yes…" she said with a sigh. "So you see, I had no motive to kill him if I cared about him that much."

"Nein…" said Klavier with a sigh. "It just gives you a new type of motive…if you can't have him, no one can." He said as he slammed his fist against the wall. "am I wrong, Fräulein?"

"Non, bien sûr que non!" She said with a freaked out look, her duster causing dust to come out of it, making her cough a bit from the dust flying out of it.

"OBJECTION!" I yelled as I slammed my hands on the table. "That is conjecture, Mr. Gavin!"

"Is it? It's quite clear that she has a motive to kill the man out of an act of passion." Said Klavier.

"OBJECTION!" Said Apollo, as we turned to him. "There's no way that she could have killed him!"

"And what proof do you have?" asked Klavier. "her fingerprints are all over the murder weapon and there's not much of a size difference between the two. She could easily slam the object into his head with the right amount of force to take out the man."

"Hmm…" I looked over the picture of the crime scene as I slam my hands down. "Wait, I think Mr. Justice is right!"

"What proof do you have?" asked Klavier, giving me a determined glare. "Or is this a bluff?"

"Hmm…Off course I have proof." I said in a tone that was more determined than I actually was.

"Alright, Mr. Wright…what evidence helps your cause?" asked the Judge as I look over the evidence and saw something that caught my eye.

"TAKE THAT!" I yell as I show…the model itself. "This model in size alone is quite large, right?"

"Yes?" asked Klavier, now curious at what I was trying to point out.

"And from what this says…it's 20 points of plastic, right?" I asked.

"Yes…GAH!" Klavier cringed when he realized what I was saying.

"This thing is very long and very heavy…not to mention if one would use this as a weapon, they wouldn't be able to use it in a deadly way. Especially against someone with military training." I explained. "So thus…it's impossible that she is the killer! The murder weapon would have missed it's mark!"

The crowd began to chat away at this, as the Judge banged his gavel. "ORDER! Order in the court! Mr. Wright, you bring up a good point…Prosecutor Gavin? Your thoughts?"

Gavin was rubbing his chin before he chuckled as he says "Well…I'll admit, Herr Wright has a good point as well…but it's just a theory, so unless someone has proof of its validity, it'll only stay as-"

"HOLD IT!" said a female voice as I smiled a bit, as everyone else looked shocked as we all turned. Coming inside was a young woman, at least in her late 20s, walked into the room, getting a bit of attention.

The woman in question wore a purple suit jacket like Athena's over a light pink button up shirt that revealed some cleavage, a purple skirt, a bead necklace with an orange magatama on it, and a pair of Mary Jane shoes on her feet.

"…and you are, miss?" The Judge asked, now curious as the woman chuckled.

"Ah your honor, I'm heart broken…I thought you'd recognize a pretty young woman like me." The woman said with a snicker. "Nick, think you can remind him?"

"Sure…Maya." I said with a smile as I look at the Judge and everyone else in the room. "This is Maya Fey, the Master of the Kurain Spirit Technique…and now my office's Paralegal."

"…WHAT?!" asked Apollo and Athena in shock, as Klavier looked surprised.

"Wait…your partner from your rookie days?" Klavier asked, looking at her with confusion.

"Yep. And it looks like I came in time." She said with a grin on her face. "I've looked into Mr. Shaw for Nick…and I found this at the scene of the crime under the coach." She then brought out a bag, which had a silver bracelet in it, similar to the one Marie was wearing.

"Wait…I know that bracelet…it was a bracelet me and Wally gave each other…" Marie said, surprised. "But why wasn't it on him?"

"I looked it over…and look here." Said Maya as she points to it on the screen, which showed it had a broken part on it. "It got ripped off his arm by someone…so I'm thinking we could have this looked at."

"Hmm…alright…" said Klavier as he nods, looking at Maya with a curious look. "But before I take this in…I wouldn't mind bringing in the next witness, if that is OK."

"I have no problem…given the circumstances, I'll call for a 20 minute recess." The Judge said as he banged his gavel, as the people began to leave the room.

"Come on guys, we're gonna have a meeting." I said as the group nods as we headed into the Defendant's Lobby. I'm not sure who this new witness is, and I'm not sure how this new piece of evidence will help us…but I'm hopeful this will turn things around.

End of Battlefield Turnabout Part 1

Well, I'm hopeful you guys like this first part of this new Phoenix Wright series. Before you ask, it'll switch between Points of View of the three Defense Attorneys like in the games. So you'll see it from the eyes of Phoenix, Apollo or Athena depending on the turnabout. So I hope you enjoyed this and please Read, Review and Suggest away!